Making That Final Resting Place At Sea

People have been buried at sea, by choice and by misfortune, since the beginning of time. Is it a sign of the apocalypse that more people are requesting that their final resting places be where there will never be a headstone. Apparently so. In fact, Carnival provides burials at sea as a service. It's a… Continue reading Making That Final Resting Place At Sea

Looking for a Laugh? Carnival Cruise Director John Heald has a Belly Full

Every once in a while, Carnival's legendary cruise director John Heald writes something that is so irresistibly funny that it's incumbent on us to share it with you. Maybe with John Heald, you have to be in the right mood to appreciate his humor, or maybe you just have to ignore its trashy nature, but… Continue reading Looking for a Laugh? Carnival Cruise Director John Heald has a Belly Full

Helpful Heald The Cruise Director

The world's best-known cruise director is Carnival's John Heald, who gets a kick out of shocking his readers with sometimes crude stories and borderline language, or borderline language and crude stories. And, just like the papparazzi who keep taking and selling private pictures of public people for publication, readers keep going back for more. Sometimes,… Continue reading Helpful Heald The Cruise Director

Carnival's Irrepressible John Heald

This month marked our first exposure to "The Big Man" of cruise blogging, John Heald. His is not the most erudite writing you'll find about cruising. He doesn't hit the computer keys in perfect English, or even close to it. He doesn't always keep it clean, as they say. He just has the most readers.… Continue reading Carnival's Irrepressible John Heald

Cruise Awards from the UK

There are so many cruise lines, passengers, critics and assorted opinions in North America that it's easy to forget about what the rest of the world thinks about cruise lines. Today, we bring you a sampling. It comes from the United Kingdom, where readers of Cruise International Magazine cast 20,000 ballots to pick the best… Continue reading Cruise Awards from the UK